The intent of the rule is not to charge lots of technical fouls when the same infraction is committed by several teammates. In those cases where multiple infractions occur simultaneously, a single technical foul is charged to the team. Since the involved team members were bench personnel at the time of the violations, an indirect technical is also charged to the head coach.
This is similar to the situation where a team scores a late basket and 6 team members leave the bench to celebrate on the court prematurely. Same thing. Charge just one T.
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